Her striking looks have seen her grace the front covers of Vogue, become the face of global brands like Mulberry and Rimmel and, alongside Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, represent British fashion at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012.

She grew up on the road, traveling with The Rolling Stones' tours, and it's clear that her father has influenced her.

"I think I always knew that they were quite relevant as far as clothing and stuff, I've always looked up to their style and I think of that whole period -- the '60s and '70s -- as being one of the most amazing," she explained to Derek Blasberg.

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"You Say You Want a Revolution: Records and Rebels 1966-1970" opened at London's Victoria and Albert Museum on September 9. Co-curator Victoria Broackes breaks down some of the period's most important figures and moments. Credit: Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images

The exhibition is not just a nostalgia trip into the so-called Swinging Sixties, but also seeks to emphasize the revolutionary impact this period of social upheaval had on culture.

There are anti-Black Panther pamphlets, protest posters from the 1968 French student strikes and Maoist propaganda alongside the star-studded exhibits.

"You forget, we think of it as completely free but it was still crazy for people to have long hair and wear these outrageous outfits, they were really doing something that had never been done before, I think it was just a totally different time," Jagger mused.

Given the upheaval felt by many in Britain today in the wake of the Brexit vote, does she feel fashion plays a political role for her own generation?

"I think always, when there are things going on politically young people speak out and that has an influence on fashion.

"If you look at punk and that whole scene, I think if things are going on in politics which young people don't agree with, they're going to express themselves in a different way. It's definitely still relevant."